| Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 14, 1986 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 73812 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 5 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Timmy Newsome 15 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 27 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny White 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 7 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 31 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gordon Banks |
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 75 | LOT | Phil Pozderac |
| 63 | LOG | Glen Titensor |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 50 | RLB | Jeff Rohrer |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Fellows |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Carl Bland |
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 72 | LOG | Chris Dieterich |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 61 | ROG | Scott Barrows |
| 71 | ROT | Rich Strenger |
| 87 | TE | David Lewis |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 32 | RB | Garry James |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 79 | NT | Eric Williams |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 58 | LILB | James Harrell |
| 57 | RILB | Vernon Maxwell |
| 92 | ROLB | Angelo King |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 21 | SS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 31 | FS | Devon Mitchell |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 23 | 117 | 5.1 | 33 | 1 |
| Herschel Walker | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 34 | 1 |
| Darryl Clack | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Garry James | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Black | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 2 | 184 | 5.9 | 15t | 1 | 1 | 11 | 64.4 |
| Steve Pelluer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 91 | 5.7 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 77.9 |
| Joe Ferguson | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 32 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 42.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 15t | 1 |
| Gordon Banks | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Darryl Clack | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Carl Bland | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| David Lewis | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Garry James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Eric Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 7 | 258 | 36.9 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Lavette | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Lavette | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Darryl Clack | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Herman Hunter | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 33 | 0 | |
| Carl Bland | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Leon Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 2.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Keith Ferguson | 1.0 |
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